In microsoft.public.money, <anonymous[at]discussions.microsoft.comwrote:

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That fixed it. Thanks!!!!!!


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What does this do?
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Thanks for your reply. Something else is going on. I
simplified the steps, but I still don't see what's going
on.

My steps:
1 Create new account
2 Enter one transaction, a payment for $10.
3 Balance the account.
4 Enter a starting balance of $100.
5 Enter an ending balance of $90.

Expected
An ending balance of $90.

Result:
Money informs: "Starting balance discrepancy."
An ending balance of -$10.

My register has only one transaction, a payment of $10. I
entered a staring and ending balance, but Money ignores
the numbers I entered, and calculates I have a balace of
negative $10.

What's going on?

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In microsoft.public.money, Michael T wrote:

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This may or may not be relevant to you, but it can't hurt:
Try opening Money with Start-> Run and entering
"msmoney -s" without the quotes into the box.

Mike - unless you are working with 1000's of
transactions, it should be relatively easy to run a side-
by-side comparison of the two registers to see where the
differences are.

This is THE most basic thing a finance program does and
Money (or any of the other finance packages) does not
make math errors. It is either transactions that are/are
not in one or the other registers or your starting
balance is screwed up. Check account details for your
starting balance info.

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The ending balance money calculates is always wildly
different from what my online register shows. For example,
I create a new account, and then download a statement from
my bank, which then opens in Money. The online register
and the Money register show the exact same transactions,
but totally different ending balances. When I try balance
it in Money, I enter the starting and ending balances from
the online register, but I can never get my online account
and money to show the same ending balance. Anyone know
why? This is a fundamental issue.

Thanks and best regards, Mike T